Timeline
2003
The Third Chronicle
The second self-made video game, an RPG about Bionicle called The Third Chronicle, is released.
2008
RosePortal Games
RosePortal Games is self founded to create inspiring RPGs and video games exploring themes such as positivity, growth, coming-of-age, fantasy and dreams. The games are meant to not just be enjoyable in their gameplay and fruition, but also to support each player's own journey in life.
2009
Whisper of a Rose
RosePortal Games' first full-length commercial RPG, Whisper of a Rose, is released on Big Fish Games and selected gaming portals. The game features self-made custom graphics and GUI. The systems were coded autonomously with Ruby.
2010
Long stay in Japan
A self-funded journey across Japan to explore music, art, life and seek inspiration for future games and projects.
2011
SAE Institute London
Moved to London to study 3D animation at the SAE Institute of London until 2013.
2012
Sweet Lily Dreams
RosePortal Games' second commercial full-length RPG, Sweet Lily Dreams, is released with custom graphics.
2013
The Princess' Heart
RosePortal Games' third commercial full-length RPG, The Princess' Heart, is released.
2013
Epic Quest of the 4 Crystals
RosePortal Games' fourth commercial full-length RPG, Epic Quest of the 4 Crystals, is released. It's a smart piece of satire on RPG tropes and a love letter to groundbreaking role playing games of the past.
2014
Debut on Steam
RosePortal Games' products start getting published to Steam in collaboration with the Japanese company Degica.
2014
Open University of Rotterdam
Enrolment in Bachelor of Computer Science Course at Open University in Rotterdam while continuing work on game development.
2015
Long stay in China
Another self-funded international trip, this time to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong to explore yet again Asian cultures and immaculate nature to seek inspiration for artworks and game design. Whilst still in Asia, beginning to work on the next video game: OH! RPG!
2015
OH! RPG!
RosePortal Games' fifth commercial full-length RPG, OH! RPG, is released as a launch product of Degica's latest engine, RPG Maker MV and becomes a top new release.
2015
Successful Kickstarter Project
RosePortal Games launches a successful Kickstarter campaign, raising over $16.000 for the video game Unraveled: Tale of the Shipbreaker's Daughter. The fundraising secured the collaboration with Japanese composer Hiroki Kikuta (Secret Of Mana) who said the following about his involvement: When I saw Unraveled, I felt strongly that the game was special. The setting and message are very unique and create a beautiful and emotional world that I wish to explore through my music”.
2017
21CC Education
Joins 21CC Education to work on innovative educational technology and gamified content for various logistics companies such as DB Schenker and Maersk.
2017
Mentoring for interns
RosePortal Games opens up for interns for mentoring groups of students who wish to study Unity3D. Groups are led in small scrum teams to work on the development of games and future projects.
2018
App Development Teaching
Begins teaching Unity3D application development and XR at the Techniek College Rotterdam.
2018
My Virtual Stylist
Leads a machine-learning and AR project called My Virtual Stylist that can recognize the type of clothing someone wears.
2019
Maersk Quiz
Develops a gamified quiz app for Maersk that is used for a large conference event to gather information on new company leads.
2019
UN Secretariat, NYC
21CC’s showcase on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals at the High Level Political Forum through an app developed for the occasion.
2021
Albert Heijn App
Develops gamified content for Albert Heijn to help train new employees and to reduce company costs for manual onboarding and training.
2021
Los Angeles
On-site project based work for a Metaverse / gamified dating app in Los Angeles, USA.
2022
Moved to Seoul, Korea
Moved to Seoul, Korea for work and permanent stay.
2022
DevUnlimit
Worked at DevUnlimit company in Seoul, Korea on a Metaverse game using Unreal Engine and Unity3D, featuring augmented reality elements.
2023
ZTX
Worked for 2.5 years at industry-leading crypto game company ZTX with the team based in Korea. Developed desktop game and mobile app in Unity3D.